Terrible remake

Rating: 1/10 (1 April 2003)

nothing more than a remake of george romero's DAY OF THE DEAD and DAWN OF THE DEAD. any real fan of zombie/horror will immediately see the thefts in this boyle thriller. the first half has a number of original flairs, but the whole running-like-they're-on-PCP infected killers are just plain silly. for instance: why doesn't these guys attack each other? they're homicidal, urged to kill, and for some reason they don't attack the most convenient targets -- each other! what happened to the cars? the roads are all empty. and where are all the bodies? for that matter, why are these killers afraid of sunlight? what, did the virus also make them think they're vampires? the film's entire second half is nothing more than a remake of DAY OF THE DEAD, complete with captured zombie and insane soldiers. morale: "man is the worst killer." romero already did it, and did it better, 20 years ago.